Pictures of the day from The Huffington Post brings you the very best news and sports images, from around the world chosen and created by our own photo editors, Elliot Wagland, Tahira Mirza and Michael Cripps.
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Muslim pilgrims pray at Mount Al-Noor during the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia (credit:Rex)
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School children and friends perform a song during a memorial service to celebrate the life of teacher Ann Maguire at Leeds Town Hall. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday September 29, 2014. Mrs Maguire, 61, died from multiple stab wounds following the attack at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds in April as she taught a Spanish lesson. (credit:PA)
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Activists dismantle Ukraine's biggest monument to Lenin at a pro-Ukrainian rally in the central square of the eastern city of Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Igor Chekachkov) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Activists dismantle Ukraine's biggest monument to Lenin at a pro-Ukrainian rally in the central square of the eastern city of Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Igor Chekachkov) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Eccles residents adorn their homes with yellow ribbons in support of Islamic State hostage Alan Henning on September 29, 2014 in Salford, England. Neighbours of hostage Alan Henning have covered their community in Eccles with yellow ribbons as a show of support for the captured taxi driver. Aid worker Alan Henning has been held by Islamic State since December 26th 2013 and was taken by militants as he arrived in Syria to help victims of the civil war. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) (credit:Christopher Furlong via Getty Images)
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US actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger poses with participants during the Arnold Classic Europe bodybuilding competition in Madrid on September 28, 2014 (credit:PEDRO ARMESTRE via Getty Images)
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Pro-democracy demonstrators hold up their mobile phones during a protest near the Hong Kong government headquarters on September 29, 2014. The ranks of Hong Kong democracy protesters who have paralysed parts of the city swelled into their tens of thousands on September 29, digging in for another night of confrontation with police in their campaign for free elections. AFP PHOTO / DALE DE LA REY (Photo credit should read DALE de la REY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:DALE DE LA REY via Getty Images)
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Mayor of London Boris Johnson makes his own brick during a visit to Ibstock Brick Ltd in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. (credit:Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
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In this Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014 photo, Iraqi Shiite militiamen fire their weapons during clashes with militants from the Islamic State group, in Jurf al-Sakhar, 43 miles (70 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A photo provided by the Denver District Attorneyâs Office shows Michael Whitington with a broad, toothy smile and eyes open wide after his Sept. 23, 2014 arrest in Denver. Whitington was captured after allegedly trying to flee a bank robbery in Denver. He has been charged with one count of robbery and is due to appear in court on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, to be advised of the charge. (AP Photo/Denver District Attorneyâs Office) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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USA's Jim Furyk (right) hugs European Captain Paul McGinley as he leaves The Gleneagles Hotel, Perthshire. (credit:Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)
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PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 29: Bar Refaeli attends the Stella McCartney show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2015 on September 29, 2014 in Paris, France. (Photo by Michel Dufour/WireImage) (credit:Michel Dufour via Getty Images)
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In a picture taken with a smartphone on September 22, 2014, Iraqi tribal fighters, backing government forces, take a position behind a berm as they fire at Islamic State (IS) group positions in the Abu Risha district on the northern outskirts of the Iraqi Sunni Muslim city of Ramadi. Iraqi federal forces, Kurdish fighters, Shiite militiamen and Sunni tribesmen are fighting throughout Iraq to regain ground from the IS militants, backed by US air strikes. AFP PHOTO/ AZHAR SHALLAL (Photo credit should read AZHAR SHALLAL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AZHAR SHALLAL via Getty Images)
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US actor George Clooney and British lawyer Amal Alamuddin arrive on September 29, 2014 at the palazzo Ca Farsetti in Venice, for a civil ceremony to officialise their wedding. AFP PHOTO / PIERRE TEYSSOT (Photo credit should read PIERRE TEYSSOT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PIERRE TEYSSOT via Getty Images)
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Paul McGinley, the victorious European Ryder Cup team captain, poses during a photocall at the Gleneagles hotel on September 29, 2014 in Auchterarder, Scotland. (credit:Mike Ehrmann via Getty Images)
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JGSDF personnel and fire fighters carry a person who was injured in the eruption of Mount Ontake on a stretcher from the peak area of the volcanic mountain in central Japan. Five more bodies have been found near the summit of a Japanese volcano, bringing the total presumed dead to dozens. But toxic gases and ash from the still-erupting mountain have forced rescue workers Monday, Sept. 29 to halt efforts to recover the victims. (AP Photo/The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Boats decorated with colourful lights cruise along the Huangpu River during the Shanghai Tourism Festival in China (credit:Rex)
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Boats decorated with colourful lights cruise along the Huangpu River during the Shanghai Tourism Festival in China (credit:Rex)
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A follower of the Chinese Bang Neow Shrine, pierces his cheeks with skewers during a procession. The Phuket Vegetarian Festival begins on the first evening of the ninth lunar month and lasts nine days, religious devotees slash themselves with swords, pierce their cheeks with sharp objects and commit other painful acts to purify themselves. (credit:Piti A Sahakorn via Getty Images)
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PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 28: Kim Kardashian, North west and Kanye West arrive at the 'Art District' apartments on September 28, 2014 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/GC Images) (credit:Marc Piasecki via Getty Images)
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PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 28: Kanye West, Kim Kardashian and North West arrive at the 'Art District' apartments on September 28, 2014 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/GC Images) (credit:Marc Piasecki via Getty Images)
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LOUISVILLE, KY - SEPTEMBER 27: Ray Lewis, Muhammad Ali, and Jim Brown attends the 2014 Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Awards at the Louisville Marriott Downtown on September 27, 2014 in Louisville, United States. (Photo by Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images) (credit:Stephen J. Cohen via Getty Images)
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Indian Bollywood actress Neetu Chandra attends the GQ India Men of the Year Awards 2014 ceremony in Mumbai on September 28, 2014. (credit:STRDEL via Getty Images)
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Louis Reboul competes in the qualifying round of the Red Bull Rampage freeride mountain bike competition on September 28, 2014 in Virgin, Utah. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images) (credit:Tommaso Boddi via Getty Images)
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Dennis Kimetto of Kenya crosses the finish line in new world record time during the 41th BMW Berlin Marathon on September 28, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Boris Streubel/Bongarts/Getty Images) (credit:Boris Streubel via Getty Images)
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Runners start the 41st Berlin Marathon in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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This aerial picture taken on September 28, 2014 shows rescue workers and Self Defence Force soldiers searching for missing climbers and survivors among ash covered mountain cottages on the top of Mount Ontake at Nagano prefecture, one day after Japan's volcano Ontake erupted in central Japan, which straddling Nagano and Gifu prefecture. Rescuers rushed to help dozens of hikers stranded on an erupting volcano in central Japan with six people believed to be buried under ash and dozens injured. AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS JAPAN OUT (Photo credit should read JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JIJI PRESS via Getty Images)
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This aerial picture taken on September 28, 2014 shows white smokes rising from Mount Ontake at Nagano prefecture, one day after Japan's volcano Ontake erupted in central Japan, which straddling Nagano and Gifu prefecture. Rescuers rushed to help dozens of hikers stranded on an erupting volcano in central Japan with six people believed to be buried under ash and dozens injured. AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS JAPAN OUT (Photo credit should read JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JIJI PRESS via Getty Images)
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A runner takes part in the Color Run presented by Dulux, known as the happiest 5km on the planet at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on September 28, 2014 in London, England. Runners of all shapes, sizes and speeds start wearing white clothing. At each kilometre a different colour of powder is thrown in the air with the runners becoming a constantly evolving artwork. At the end of the course runners are greeted by the Color Festival where the air is filled with music and stunning coloured powder bursts creating a vibrant party atmosphere. (Photo by Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images for Dulux) (credit:Jordan Mansfield via Getty Images)
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This photo provided by Clinton spokesman Kamyl Bazbaz shows former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and former President Bill Clinton, right with their granddaughter Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. The Clintons's daughter, Chelsea, gave birth Friday night to her first child, Charlotte. (AP Photo/Office of President Clinton, Jon Davidson) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Demetrious Johnson celebrates with a flip after defeating Chris Cariaso in their flyweight mixed martial arts title bout at UFC on 178 Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Europe team captain Paul McGinley, center right, and his team celebrate with the trophy after winning the Ryder Cup golf tournament at Gleneagles, Scotland, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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HONG KONG - SEPTEMBER 29: Demonstrators disperse as tear gas is fired by police during a protest on September 29, 2014 in Hong Kong. Thousands of people kicked off Occupy Central by taking over Connaught Road, one of the major highway in Hong Kong, in protest against Beijing's conservative framework for political reform. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images) (credit:Anthony Kwan via Getty Images)
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Police officers stand in a cloud of tear gas during a demonstration in Hong Kong on September 28, 2014. Police fired tear gas as tens of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators brought parts of central Hong Kong to a standstill on September 28, in a dramatic escalation of protests that have gripped the semi-autonomous Chinese city for days. It marked a dramatic escalation of protests in the city, which rarely sees such violence, after a tense week of largely contained student-led demonstrations exploded into mass angry street protests. AFP PHOTO / XAUME OLLEROS (Photo credit should read XAUME OLLEROS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:XAUME OLLEROS via Getty Images)